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mine-south in raleigh county, west virginia, extending condolences to their families and recognizing the valiant efforts of the emergency response workers at the mine disaster. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. miller, and the gentlewoman from washington, mrs. mcmorris rodgers, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. miller: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material in house resolution 1236 into the record. without objection, i recognize the gentleman from west virginia, mr. rahall, for seven minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from west virginia is recognized for seven minutes. mr. rahall: thank you, mr. speaker, and thank you, mr. chairman, george miller. last week on monday, april 5, an explosion tore through the upper big branch mine in raleigh county, west virginia, taking the lives of 29 good hardworking men. it was the repeat of a recurring nightm

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for their efforts. host: next up is a trial in west virginia -- kyle in west virginia. caller: thank you very much for see again. i think it is an incredible public service. i'm sorry, i was listening passively when i heard that there was a bill in congress for shareholders to determine the executive pay of their ceos. that is a little crazy. host: why is that crazy? caller: i think that is the government overstepping its bounds, again. in my state, west virginia, we're really worried about this cap and trade and the epa regulation, especially as you know, there was an explosion down there, god bless their souls. west virginia is 49 out of 50 in per-capita income. when we start to put the pressure on these large companies, it does not really affect the people in the upper tiers. it starts to affect my house. west virginia gets 40% of the power of just from kolk for 50% of the population -- from coal for 50% of the population. we're all going to pay. host: we will leave it there. thanks for your call. guest: one point that he missed was the fact that this bill in congress would not require companie

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tempore: the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: i ask unanimous consent that votes for the remaineder of the day be limited to five minutes. spoipt chair will not entertain that request -- the speaker pro tempore: the chair will not entertain that request without proper consultation. mr. rahall: then i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. rahall: mr. speaker, i yield myself -- you're supposed to call the bill up. mr. gutierrez: thank you, mr. speaker. the gentleman has nothing to worry about. let the debate begin. we're going to win this debate today. thank you very much. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 1305 and rule 18 the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house for consideration h.r. 2499. the chair appoints the gentleman from california, mr. schiff, to preside over the committee of preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole

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other sports, it is republican and it is very high turnout. host: morgantown, west virginia. caller: goal mouth and ears, for tonight. first, a real quick comment. a couple of callers on the democrat line -- and i come -- this is a democrat state. he said that he finds the democrats are generally smarter than republicans. i think that kind of arrogance is going to cost the democrat party dearly in november. but getting back to sports -- one of the observations, politicians have been throwing out the first ball at the world series. i remember president reagan. i think he was the first president to go to the daytona 500. i think it was just to whip up his base. i do not know how many additional votes he got from that. i noticed that president obama the other day one of the major networks, asking who he liked in the major for -- and while he did not nail it down he spoke highly of west virginia and i believe matt lauer said i find it interesting that the only state you did not carry -- thinking if they get past due, they would go all the way. host: you looked at the final eight? guest:

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is the right amount of care? host: west virginia, republican. caller: i would like to ask, why is obama trying to sell this health care plan? i cannot understand why he sells this program when the party owns it? thank you. guest: i think he is asking what are they trying to sell right now? the democrats are hoping that this legislation will give them a boost in november when not be a real drag on them and cause them to lose office and seats in the house or the senate. public opinion has been very divided on this legislation. they hope it will swing in their direction when people get these details. it will prove more costly than the cbo as estimated over time. it may not swing in the democrats' favor. some have been saying this is not what we should be doing at this time when we have deficits and other problems. they hope that this will swing in their favor and they will gain some seats. some are saying this is what is. to happen in the next few years. they hope that public opinion will swing in their favor. host: what takes effect immediately in this guest: healthcare bi healthcare bill? guest

CSPAN - U.S. House of Representatives

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, west virginia. the chaplain: father, we ask you to strengthen the courage of the representatives and congress. sent here men and women to do what a right. make it plain, father. we lease the same wisdom that brought these 50 states together to form this great united states of america. allow it to fall fresh among this great governing body as they make decisions affecting over 300 million americans. father, at this time we join our hearts, minds and spirits for our fellow miners in west virginia who have suffered a great loss in the midst of tragedy. out of the depths of our pressing need, praying that i will draw near onto us during this dark hour of time in jesus name, amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house her approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from alabama, mr. griffith. mr. griffith: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, i

CSPAN - Today in Washington

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a little bit throughout the day, and i know that my friends from virginia and my friend from connecticut had a press conference earlier today to talk about some of the issues that are being talked about rhetorically. and let's say that what is happening right now -- and it is unfortunate for the american people -- what is happening right now is that both sides of the aisle are trying to herd of goats with language -- up folks with language that does not do justice to this, very difficult, something very much needed in this country. there have been a lot of discussion about this funding mechanism, this $50 million -- this $50 billion bailout fund, if you will -- and those are somebody else's words by the way, not mine. let's just talk about this and i know the american people are probably tuning and in some cases and wonder how we are jumping into this without a lot of dialogue, but the fact is that we have a financial regulation bill that i hope will come before us and that will dills something called orderly liquidation, so that when a large institution fails, it actually fails. i think

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comes from lynchburg, virginia. caller: good morning. i would like to make a statement. i am noticing that mark potok and a lot of these lower-level interest groups would prefer to identify the kirch -- the christians and the extremists on the right side, but i hope that your organization works as well try to stop groups like greenpeace and extreme islamic organizations. people that are anti-emigrants, you are for -- you are against people that come into this country illegally. host: mark potok, co-head -- go ahead. guest: first of all, i would say there is not a lot of an extreme left. that said, we do cover and have covered a bit of the extreme left that really does exist, that is the so-called ego- terrorists. these may not be the best descriptions, but i'm talking about the animal liberation front. we ever been a lot about those groups. those groups increasingly engaged in a violent actions and they will without a doubt kill somebody one of these days. members of those groups or followers of that ideology have done things like firebomb houses in which supposedly lived so- called a

CSPAN - Washington Journal

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, risks versus the benefits for the nation. arlington, virginia. jason, republican line. caller: thank you for having me. my only point, like you just read in the article, what is the benefit? we are going to go ahead and we are going to go and try and however open ended this search for the 2% is going to be, you don't think that the people -- like the gentleman from texas -- texas, will people -- the oil people, if they figure out whether already oil like that, they would be taxing it already. like touched on, it would not go past delaware -- where joe biden on -- joe biden is, john carey -- but virginia is a go. i don't like it. host: your state officials seem enthusiastic. caller: i don't understand where the enthusiasm comes from. what is it going to exactly do for virginia? how long will it take and what will this take independence from? host: arlington, virginia. near washington. next is a call from virginia, this is a town of zero would -- william, democrats. caller: i think this would be a good thing. when i was being raised that i was told we were a superpower and we had all the n

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prospective nuclear information and making it difficult to hide a clandestine program. host: virginia, good morning. you are on with kingston reif. caller: good morning, c-span. i know that someone just said this, but the word is nuclear. host: alright. go ahead. guest: it is -- caller: it is not a regional thing, it is a stupidity thing. host: we apologize. next caller. caller: there was a book published two years ago called the germs, the detailed of the efforts that have been a worldwide to come up with designer viruses and the diseases. the effect that a true biological attack would have run this country would dwarf anything in terms of the carnage in devastation of a nuclear attack. i urge you to get your hand on the publication. what mr. obama has done, the life of your family, all of our lives, germ weapon is in programs, they will be jumped on in terms of green lights to attack. they're making the assumption that no one is crazy enough to use germs, but you are wrong. many people of their believed in being a martyr and they are happy to see 300 million americans watching their child

CSPAN - C-SPAN Weekend

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to go live to west virginia. president barack obama is scheduled to speak at a memorial service for the 29 call miners who died in an explosion earlier this month. we also expect some remarks from a vice president biden and the governor of west virginia. this is live coverage on c-span. >> please be seated. jason matthew atkins. [no audio] jason matthew adkins. [applause] carl "pee-wee" acorn [applause] james eddie moony [applause] joshua scott naper [applause] >> jimmy davis. [applause] >> benny r. willingham. [applause] >> gregory stephen baracbrock. [applause] >> corey thomas davis. [applause] >> stephen j. "smiling" harrah. [applause] >> nicholas mccrosky. [applause] >> christopher li bellee bell, . [applause] >> joe r. "jody" price. [applause] deward allen scott. [applause] >> grover dale sceend. [applause] >> william "griff" griffith. [applause] >> mike lee "cuz" elswick. [applause] >> howard daniels "boon" dane, kr. -- jr. [applause] >> gary wayne quarrels. [applause] >> william roosevelt lynch. [applause] >> ricky workmean. [applause] >> richard "rick" keith lang. [appl

CSPAN - Today in Washington

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. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from west virginia is recognized for three minutes. mr. mollohan: mr. speaker, mr. chairman, i thank the gentleman from california for yielding. and i thank him also for his leadership on mine safety and workplace safety. mr. speaker, i would also like to thank the sponsor of this resolution, my colleague from west virginia's third congressional district, nick rahall. coal miners and the coal industry have no greater champion than the chairman of the natural resources committee, chairman rahall. mr. speaker, tragedy has visited west virginia's coal mines again. if a -- as a visitor, our state knows all too well the names of the communities changed with each visit and the years as well. monanga in 1907, farmington in 1968, sago in 2006 and now raleigh county, april, 2010. the names change, mr. speaker, but the grief and the sorrow, they stay exactly the same. the mother who lost her son last week is united with the sister who lost her brother in 1968 and the daughter who lost her father in 1907. mr. speaker, shy of two million people live in my state, m

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in the "the new york times" -- back to the telephones. virginia, charlie on our line for independents. are there any signs of the recovery? caller: it is difficult to say. the peninsula is typical shielded because of the military force that is present in the area. the jobs into cycle in and out fairly consistently, but when i looked at the classified ads, there are more ads in the paper. there are a majority that are looking for temporary jobs. host: what kind of temporary jobs are we talking about? caller: lot of these are toward the service industry. it is taxis and so they're looking for help with that. i personal -- is tax season and they are looking for help with that. our manufacturing base is shrinking and our country is headed toward the service industry. host: from the wall street journal this morning -- also this morning from the associated press, talking about this morning's weekly radio address from the republicans. in their weekly internet and radio address, kevin mccarthy of california says, creating more federal agencies and putting taxpayers on the hook for more bailou

CSPAN - C-SPAN Weekend

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for life itself. and woven into each of their stories was the essence of a west virginia coal miner, things like courage and strength and brotherhood and family devotion and helplessness. it has been their memory. it is for your support, and it has been your honor that i stand here today. monday, april 5, in the evening hours, i arrived at the family center and started talking with each of you who were present. i can hear the eagerness in your voice longing to know the status of your loved ones. seven families were informed that very evening of their loss , and 22 others clung to that hope, that four who were unaccounted for for their loved ones. and as you remember well, that monday night was a night that was full of tremendous hurt and pain. after the governor addressed us, something happened that changed the rest of that week. we all joined hands and prayed to our heavenly father for what he alone could provide, things like peace in the midst of perplexity, things like calmness in the midst of calamity, and strength in the midst of suffering. and when a man was spoken, many of you repeat

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and applause] it is my great pleasure to welcome you all to northern virginia community college. [applause] last week, our president signed a health care bill that will provide quality, affordable care to millions of americans. [applause] today, we are here to celebrate another historic piece of legislation, one that will make a college education a a a reality for millions of middle- class americans. -- flintoff isikoff a college education a reality for millions of middle class of -- one that will make a college education a reality for millions of middle- class americans [applause] to many american families, they have had to take on crushing debt to pursue a college degree. i see every day in my classroom just how hard my students work in order to pay their tuition bills. often, their family budgets are stretched to the limit and when things get tough -- someone loses a job or a family member gets sick -- a college education is the first thing to go. thanks to the leadership of president obama, our vice president, and members of congress here today, their malaise across the country will fi

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federal resources that have gone to west virginia? >> the department of labor's mine safety division and fema both have dispatched teams. they are there. the president, as you know, spoke with the governor last evening, pledged our full support and cooperation in the investigation. and that is obviously currently ongoing. >> this mine seemed to have a pretty significant history. has the president considered any review or overhaul of federal oversight of the mine? >> first and foremost, obviously our thoughts and prayers are with the families who have lost loved ones. and for those we continue to pray for a miracle for those who are missing. i think rescue and recovery is our first in our mind right now secondly, we want to see obviously a thorough investigation, as you heard the governor and others discuss. the president, as i said, has pledged his full cooperation and resources for that investigation. i think legislative plans about that might better be addressed at the conclusion of that investigation when we have a few more details about what might have happened. >> are there any

CSPAN - President's Weekly Radio Address

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majority of married people, the head by filing joint returns. host: west virginia. caller: i went like to ask you a question first. host: go ahead. caller: can you consider having one person on since this coal mining disaster has occurred. that is right in my backyard. i like to hear his perspective on what is going on. he is right there in washington, d.c. i had a couple of questions for kevin. i am 58. this year i can take money out of my traditional ira. is that correct? can i role that over to a roth ira and then i am responsible for the tax on that? i have an illness that requires me to buy air purifiers that are quite expensive. can i claim those on my tax as a medical expense? guest: air purifiers like that is considered a medical expense. you have to have to itemize deductions for that. and they must exceed 7.5% of your a.g.i. in a few years, that will go up to 10%. if the total exceeds 7.5 senna of your income, then you can deduct medical expenses -- % of your income, then you can deduct medical expenses. there is no penalty if you roll money from one ira to another. the big t

CSPAN - U.S. House of Representatives

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. as we said in the rules committee last night, we saw luis gutierrez, and others join up with virginia foxx. we had concern on the floor raised by dan rohrabacher and doc hastings, and lincoln diaz-balart, mr. pierluisi, the former governor, and number of members of republican leadership joining in support of this, and the bottom line, mr. speaker, is that we should do exactly what mr. gutierrez argued both in the rules committee and here on the floor last night. now, i have stood in this well repeatedly saying that i could have done a better job. well, i had the privilege of serving as chairman of the house rules committee, i could have had more open rules. i could have had more free flowing debate. in fact i was criticized as this new majority was attempting to emerge to that majority status, and it was justified in some ways. we were promised, though, as i and others were being criticizeds -- criticized, mr. speaker, that we would have an entire new direction for america. there would be an open, free wheeling debate. well, there is no issue where it is more apparent we should have a

CSPAN - U.S. House of Representatives

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in a massive explosion at the upper big branch mine in west virginia. this incident was the worst u.s. coal mining disaster in 40 years. and finally, mr. speaker, today our thoughts and prayers remain with the friends and family of those 11 miners who went missing after an explosion last week at the deep water horizon oil rig in the gulf of mexico. 17 workers were also injured and we wish for their speedy recovery. too many workers in this nation are subjected to dangerous conditions at work and have sacrificed their lives and health as a result. everyone is entitled to a safe and healthy workplace. every family deserves to know that when they send their loved one off to work that loved one will come home that evening. mr. speaker, with this resolution we remember and we honor all of these fallen workers and we redouble our commitment to make our nation's workplaces safe and healthy for all workers. i thank representative johnson for introducing this resolution, eddie bernice johnson from texas, and i urge my colleagues to support this bill. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the s

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clipic getting women in. i think this is a point at which virginia was saying a couple minutes ago plays in. if you are thinking about an appellate practice, there is no other kind of practice to balance it with whatever you want to balance it with. you almost always know when they are going to be due long ahead of time. you can work at them in nights and weekends, you can work at them at home. it is amazing the places now with the snet revolution and everything, it's amazing the places you can work on a brief and the times of day you can do it. so, you know, it is a fantastic practice. i think if you look at government offices that deal with, for example, the brooklyn district attorney's office, where you look at the legal defense center, women are quite well represented in that practice, because that practice the case has acome to you. so it doesn't require you to be a business getter, it requires you to be a business do-er, and this is an incredibly wonderful kind of work to do. if you like writing and research thrrk is nothing better than it. i think the supreme court practice has th

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of those districts. john spratt has been forever in south carolina. in west virginia 1, there is william monahan. hopefully, we will get them -- we will get rid of them before november and not in november. we have two of the most obnoxious members of the congress. one person who has been particularly hostile to the tea party of movement is a freshman and a republican in this district is alan grayson in florida. [applause] since most of us are legally qualified to vote in nevada because we have been there so much, we have met a fabulous candidates, a doctor in nevada, who is running in nevada 3. we are really proud to endorse dr. joe hecht for congress. [applause] our final target list is another virginia race. the gerry connolly seems to find troubling replace he turns. it would be good to change the ethics of the 11th congressional district of virginia. [applause] as i said earlier, we have to remember to reward our friends who we have endorsed. republicans who have stood for the tea party movement from the beginning, tom mcclintock in california 4 and the representative from georgia 6.

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and bipartisanship. god bless him. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> i also ask unanimous consent to speak for a minute to honor former congressman stan rarries who pass aid way march 27. he represented the eighth district of virginia in the house from 1973 to 1974 and then again throughout the 1980's, from 1981 to 1990. he was a very hardworking advocate for northern virginians, he was a fighter pilot a veteran of the korean war, he earned the distinguished flying cross and the purple heart for his service. he was known for give ought his home phone number and listening to people regardless of their views. i'm not sure his successor has given out his home phone number as often but mr. parris supported flood control projects and bridge he put car pool lanes on interstate 395 and transferred control to the the airports from the federal aviation administration, he made an effort to move the prison, he got the national football league to change its policy on blacking out games he proved pressure yent in warning about the looming savings an

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competition, visit studentcam.org. >> this weekend on book tv, from the virginia festival of book, rebecca on the best-selling -- best seller. his book is "superpower relations." find the entire weekend schedule at booktv.org. >> the minutes that the wall street firms were in the business of harvesting middle- class and lower middle class americans for their home equity value and making loans to them against it, there was a natural risk of abuse. >> sunday, michael was on the subprime mortgage crisis. his latest is the "big short." michael lewis at 8:00 on c-span. >> a discussion on how the media can support whistle-blowers. speakers include 60 minutes producer and former nbc news investigative producer. the national whistle-blowers legal defense and education fund hosted the event brit -- hosted the event. >> he is a distinguished french investigative journalist with the post brith he is a former executive director of the washington times. he worked extensively with sources and whistle-blowers. will have more extensive introduction to recall upon them. i have represented whistle blowers s

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possible. a year and a half ago i moved to virginia. i have been a very thirsty for any afghan projects that have been going on here. i have not really found many. for instance, there are a few poetry clubs that afghan have made, which in part of, but, do you have any focus on the afghans that are here, uniting them, and giving the project to do here? >> thank you. one of the things that you are benefiting from is the very qualified afghans serving the embassy. we work with a number of afghan organizations on cultural events. we know that the potential for these afghans to do more is enormous. a number of them have formed their own groups, smaller groups that get involved in a lobbying efforts or business development. as i mentioned, one of the purposes of this foundation is to really bring all of these independent cells together and form a synergy between these different capabilities, and also to give afghans a place to go and to know what is going on better than what they have a right now. >> yes please, in the front. >> i am an independent consultant. i have two questions with regard

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privilege of representing the hard-working people of virginia's seventh district. this week, americans from coast to coast send their tax payments to washington. your government continues to spend more and more. that means that your taxes are more and more. this has to stop. you can help stop it. the challenges and situations faced by families, small- business people, and young workers have no doubt made this tax day particularly painful. but as painful as it was, the truth is that the actions taken by speaker nancy pelosi, majority leader harry reid, and the obama administration are going to make the tax days of the future much, much worse. president obama has signed 25 tax increases passed by the democratically-controlled congress into law that will cost families and small- business people more than $670 billion over the next 10 years. many of these break the president's campaign promise not to raise taxes on families making less than $250,000 a year. in the house, speaker pelosi and her majority have passed legislation that will result in more than $1 trillion -- that is with a "t" -- in

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or may not get the same level of coverage. host: roanoke virginia, republican line. one person that called in was harsh against elected officials. but she does not seem harsh yet. whether you projecting the expenditure on? the government has no money to give out to people. state tax s. that is their revenue. -- a tax us. that is their revenue. where are you people going to get this money from? china? guest: a point that has not been made through much of the health- care debates. one can say that as it relates to health care benefits, many can say it is a positive. but from whether the overall legislation is fiscally sustainable, there is a question about that. there are a lot of provisions in this legislation in order to pay for the cost of this legislation that at best, of wishful thinking, and at worst, smoke in mirrors in terms of whether or not the money will actually materialize. looking down the road, that could be a very serious thing for our policy makers to have to contemplate. citizens should be concerned about it rightfully. host: some for some 500 companies sponsor

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forced to pull out again from the coal mine in west virginia where four miners are missing after that explosion that killed at least 25 people. according to safety officials, the rescue teams were heading to a refuge chamber, where they hoped to find the missing miners, but those rescue operators then discovered signs of fire and smoke in the mines. they were then ordered to retreat immediately. this, by the way, is the third time sense monday that the rescuers have been pulled back because of the dangerous conditions. another story we want to bring to your attention from afghanistan, nato officials confirming that a u.s. air force aircraft has crashed in southeastern afghanistan, killing three service members, as well as one government contractor. they were injured and taken to a military base for treatment. taliban spokesmen claiming the militants shot down the aircraft, but nato is saying only that the crash is under investigation. again, that aircraft killed three service members happening overnight in afghanistan. back to your calls. the focus of the first 45 minutes is on t

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the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 11 printed in house report 111-467 offered by mr. connelly of virginia. the chair: the gentleman from virginia, mr. connelly, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. connelly: i thank the chair and yield myself such time as i may consume. let me start by thanking the chairman and ranking member of the committee and the subcommittee for their leadership on this thoughtful legislation, to deliver long-needed reforms for our military acquisition. i'd also like to acknowledge the tremendous work of the armed service's committee panel led by mr. andrews of new jersey and mr. conaway of texas. my amendment builds on the panel's recommendation of getting the most out of the industrial base. defining and assessing the industrial base will be an ongoing challenge for both the department of defense and congress -- congress dating back to the creation of the armed fores themselves. one of the key findings of the panel was the need t

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from virginia and my friend from connecticut had a press conference earlier today to talk about some of the issues that are being talked about rhetorically. and let's say that what is happening right now -- and it is unfortunate for the american people -- what is happening right now is that both sides of the aisle are trying to herd of goats with language -- up folks with language that does not do justice to this, very difficult, something very much needed in this country. there have been a lot of discussion about this funding mechanism, this $50 million -- this $50 billion bailout fund, if you will -- and those are somebody else's words by the way, not mine. let's just talk about this and i know the american people are probably tuning and in some cases and wonder how we are jumping into this without a lot of dialogue, but the fact is that we have a financial regulation bill that i hope will come before us and that will dills something called orderly liquidation, so that when a large institution fails, it actually fails. i think that is what the american people would like to see happ

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for longer, i suppose. >> you were born where? >> virginia. >> both of you? >> that is our home town. >> what was the family like? where did you get the music experience? >> both of our parents are amateurs. music has always been around the house. michael is an accomplished pianist and plays the drums and has a degree in recording. i play the piano and drums as well. andrew and sarah both play the guitar. we toured as a band for years before we got into the on-line video. >> for years? >> several decades actually. >> how far did you go? >> several miles. >> junky einstein, who invented that name? >> i think that i did. he reminded us of albert einstein, but instead of using his genius for good, he used it for pleasure by pleasuring himself with illegal drugs. >> he first appeared in our second video as a character and we refered to him as junky einstein. >> the next one is president obama bowing. >> that sounds like the first video. >> we also did a flashback. >> we are in the public domain when it comes to this, but what do you do with cbs? do you have problems with this? >> they have sued u

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. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from west virginia rise? mrs. capito: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mrs. capito: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to extend my deepest sympathies to the 29 victims of the upper big branch mine explosion, their families, loved ones, and their community. last monday's tragedy occurred in montcoal, west virginia, and the worst mine disaster in over 40 years. it has been gut wrenching for our entire state. in the wake of this horrific tragedy, those citizens of west virginia, including our outstanding emergency and rescue workers, and our governor, pulled together to support the communities and families devastated by this explosion. as we grieve this loss of life, we must also honor the victims of the accident by taking the appropriate steps to ensure that this never happens again. never again in west virginia or in any other state can we let safety slip through the cracks. we will not let this happen again. now is the

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virginia and my friend from connecticut had a press conference earlier today to talk about some of the issues that are being talked about rhetorically. and let's say that what is happening right now -- and it is unfortunate for the american people -- what is happening right now is that both sides of the aisle are trying to herd of goats with language -- up folks with language that does not do justice to this, very difficult, something very much needed in this country. there have been a lot of discussion about this funding mechanism, this $50 million -- this $50 billion bailout fund, if you will -- and those are somebody else's words by the way, not mine. let's just talk about this and i know the american people are probably tuning and in some cases and wonder how we are jumping into this without a lot of dialogue, but the fact is that we have a financial regulation bill that i hope will come before us and that will dills something called orderly liquidation, so that when a large institution fails, it actually fails. i think that is what the american people would like to see happ

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front royal, virginia, on the democrat's line. caller: yes. what people need to do is look in the bible and it tells you what is going to happen, ezekiel 38 and 39, it tells you exactly what is going to happen. host: 10 more minutes of your calls. venezuela -- china's $20 billion bolster of chavez. inside i will show you a little bit of the article of where the money is going toward venezuela. china bolsters hugo chavez with a credit of $20 billion -- and a picture of the chinese representative meeting with hugo chavez over the weekend. mr. travis said it will be used for highways and other projects and will be repaid with crude -- mr. chavez said it will be used for highways and other products -- projects. southboro, in massachusetts. peter on the independent line. caller: i don't understand all of the attention that is given to iran, given that iran has never attacked anyone. we overthrew the newly elected government in 1953. we supported iraq in the suit -- in the war against iran and hence we ended up with saddam hussein. yet someone like israel has nuclear weapons has attacked leba

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rodriguez last west virginia for michigan. [applause] the love motorcycles and a practice random acts of kindness. they had their given names, but as we learned today they answer to others. some had been mining for decades. some for months. one was planning a wedding one was planning for retirement. as individuals, these men were strong proud they were providers. they represent what i think is the heart and soul and spine of this nation. and ladies and gentlemen, a nation mourns them. to every member of every family that has been touched by this tragedy i can say that i know what it is like to lose a spouse and child, and i also know when the tributes are done and the flags are once again flying at full staff, once the miners you see today go back to work, that is when it will be hardest for you all. when life has moved on around us and has yet to stir within you, that is when you're going to need one another for the lucky ones, like its to go one but as a community and a nation we would compound tragedy if we let the whites go one unchanged. certainly no one should have to sacrifice

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are words we are very proud of, and given them to the university of virginia, where there is a center named for albert. thank you, albert. >> with that brief encomium, i would like to open up the table for questions. if you ask a question, either be at a microphone or wait for one of the traveling microphones to get to you. before you ask the question, introduce yourself and mention your organization. do we have an opening question? >> i am with the hudson institute. i am very interested in your civility campaign. i am in favor of it. one thing i often noticed that contributes to the lack of civility is the sense that when your team makes the argument but when the other team does it you should filibuster. when the republicans are the majority, they think the filibuster is terrible. they switch sides depending on where they stand. i think that contributes. but i am interested in your thoughts about where the breakdown of civility came from and what we can do to make it better. >> first, america has always had issues. walt whitman used to talk about "an athletic democracy." things were rugged

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. you can read more about both of them on their respective websites. back to the phones. from virginia for republicans. good morning. caller: good morning. thanks for coming in. one of you said well, we have time to work on this and turn it around. i've never believed that. if you take care of business now and start this now, later, it will be better. everybody stops driving the car when gas prices went through the roof. when it is fixed, they start driving again and burning fuel the same way again. i read through the healthcare bill as much as i could understand. it's not really scarry to me but it seems to me a little bit of a socialist grab. i guess for people out there that don't have insurance that could use it. that's a huge expense. i'd like to see if any of you can justify what the benefits are compared to the cost. thank you. >> andrew biggs? guest: i'll start with a point you made towards the end that was if we have time for this. i remember back in the bush efforts. people were saying you are crisismongering. we have the same issue here. we are not in the crisis yet but the

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emeritus at the university of virginia. i cannot say enough how pleased we are to present this program in conjunction with the freedom forum and the aba forum committee. it is one of at least three events we're doing this spring. the next one is coming up at the nab convention. i cannot go to one of these events with out offering in small commercial -- and many of you are members of the fcba, and for those of you who are not, i would ask you to come to know the joys of membership which includes substantial discounts to programs like this. we aim to be an association of ideas and member service. there are brochures in. please check us out there or on line. with that, let's get into our first panel -- technologies and freedom. what are the implications of the evolving media environment. i will turn over to stuart benjamin. [applause] >> are we all here? i'm going to keep the introductions short and not even terribly sweet, because i think everybody here knows the people on the panel. on the off chance that you don't, joe waz from comcast, link hoewing from verizon and gigi sohn -- ellen

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, at the university of virginia law school, always told me that we mispronounce it, -- it should have been called "tea-fra", tea for two. it was a remarkable solo performance by dole to deal with the problem we find insurmountable now, which is dealing with the deficit. at that time, we had very high interest rates. --i in the order of 18%. dole and members of the finance committee met with paul volcker, and he said if you pass a big package that cuts the deficit by a specified amount, he would ease off on interest rates. that was the motive they had, and the members of the finance committee, particularly republicans, it took that as a challenge, and we put together in 1982, and tefra was the tax piece, but there was a spending cuts piece. it was the three-legged stool. it was tax increases, spending cuts, and interest savings. it did get enacted, and volcker cut interest rates and that broke the back on high interest rates. it was a remarkable payoff for the country. it was a political exercise. while the compromise with people, -- while he compromised with people, he put together that package withou

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to do is go on line. virginia, georgia, alabama -- all these places where the people are denigrating everything that president obama is trying to do. $9 billion trigger a money in baghdad this appears. there were no teabag protests about that. guest: regardless of how you feel about the president, it seems to me there was an awful lot of critical coverage of president bush when he was president, just as there is of president obama to date. that is the nature of our system. i would not want in any other way. i am not an expert on the tea party movement, but one difference between president bush and now is we are just coming out of an awful recession. you are bound to get a reaction from the public when times are this bad. i would put part of that down to the severity of the economic decline. host: last phone call from washington, d.c. richard. caller: i wonder if you could segue from diplomatic to domestic and national security implications. what do you think about us zero wings so much to the chinese -- us owing so much to the chinese? also, our great debt to the oil- producing state

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-span. >> this weekend on book tv, from the virginia festival of the book, rebecca skloot. on "after words," ambassador jack matlock. and princeton university professor on invinting the idea of a white race in the history of white people. find the weekend schedule at booktv dorgan follow us on twitter. >> the minute that the wall street firms were in the business of harvesting middle-class americans for their home equity value and making loans to them against it, there was a natural risk of abuse. >> sunday, michael lewis on the subprime mortgage crisis, his latest "the big shore." michael lewis at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. >> here's a discussion on the federal budget with house majority leader steny hoyer, david walker and others. we'll hear about how the new health care law may impact the deficit, from the university of maryland in college park. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> could afternoon. >> good afternoon, on behalf of the maryland school of public well, steny hoyer is a man of his word. he is here. his passion and determination were key to making this event happened as they w

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of our states and our country. host: let's take this call from tim in the west virginia. caller: i would like to find out why you are going up against kevin mcdonald because he has written articles about how these -- it seems like you are a zionist front. have you read that article? she called i have read all of missed -- guest: i have read all of mr. macdonald's work. it is not discouragement of the jewish neo-cons. the the reality is what he theorizes, in his infamous trilogy is that he theorizes that jews have a collective, evolutionary strategy that because jews generally live in societies in which they are outnumbered, that what they do collectively, through some sort of -- i guess they get this from the clouds -- they work collectively and secretly to undermine the white, christian societies that are hosts for them. the idea is that jews urged other people to enter-mary, they try to weaken christianity. the whole reason for this is that so white society will be weakened in order that the jews will not be attacked. your friend kevin mcdonald has suggested such things as placing spec

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pharaoh. host: how long? guest: virginia will probably be the first state to move forward. they have been very anxious to get going. we will start looking sooner than later in the western atlantic. the further you get of short -- that is another point. you are taking some of the resources off the table a third of the minimum. it gets more expensive. we will have to see. it will not be immediate. you start getting the testing done and planning of people. it takes time. it is a positive development. thousands of new jobs and millions in revenue that we did not have. we will improve paying the deficit. it will be a win. >> this will be domestic production. how much domestic offshore production is there now? guest: about a third is produced in the gulf of mexico oil and gas. we have three or 4000 rigs. it is a big operation. we have been doing it for a very long time. we are really good at it. according to the middle management service, 11000 of 1% are from the offshore operation. this is much better than the natural seepage from the ocean. they can do it with this technology. 17 major permit

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. michael lewis sunday on c-span's q&a. >> this began on the tv, from the virginia festival of the book, rebecca usclute. and princeton university professor nell irvin painter on invented the idea of a white race in the history of white people. fine the entire weekend schedule at booktv.org and follow was on twitter. >> are content is available on television, radio and on-line and you can also connect with those on facebook, twitter and youtube, and sign up for our scheduled alert e-mails @ c- span.org. >> let's meet another winner in the c-span studentcam documentary competition. we asked students about one of our country's greatest strength or a challenge that the country is facing. today we are talking with third prize high school winner alex weltman from boulton -- patton rouge, louisiana. welcome to c-span. >> thanks. >> why did you decide to focus on the american free market economy for your documentary? >> one of the reasons was -- i was brainstorming about what we should do with this video with my friend stephen. we were trying to think about what topic no one else would focus o

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of west virginia? in 1973 as a 16 year-old reporter for his high school newspaper, he sent a letter to william f. buckley asking for an interview when he came to speak at a nearby college. well, mr. buckley never responded until just the day before his speech when the western union telegrams arrived at charles' doorstep telling charles to me mr. buckley after the lecture. charles got more than interview. mr. buckley became his bridge from the oak hill coal fields to the confines of the harvard yard. the rest is history. today charles serves as the distinguished prof. of government at claremont college, and editor of the claremont review of books. his articles on contemporary politics appear in open with the wall street journal" and other newspapers and journals. let's welcome to the region to university platform william f. buckley's longtime friend of 35 years, charles kessler, to address ronald reagan and modern liberalism. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is a great pleasure to be here today. after i met bill buckley at the charleston airport, he offered to write me a letter

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that got blown up in the west virginia, -- the 25 coal miners to got blown up -- the very reason that they got some authority in coal mining is this -- they are on union there. if that would have been a union mind, the union would have had safety inspectors and they could have shut it down until they fixed the violation. host: and we will leave it there. we're talking about the obama administration. are they taking the right approach to nuclear arms policy? we will continue that discussion. this is the "usa today" -- here it says that the czechs are torn over the u.s. nuclear treaty with russia. as obama returns, czechs differ over whether his conciliatory dialogue with their former occupier is dangerously naive or appreciabla praiseworthy step td global security. the article goes on to say that the russian president tried unsuccessfully to get limits placed on the u.s. strategic missile defense in the treaty. the line for independents, not seville, tennessee. good morning. -- knoxville, tennessee. caller: yes, i believe obama has done a very good job. on the atomic weapons, acco

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post about virginia passing a tele- medicine bill for broadband services. these are the kinds of barriers, reimbursement in health care, correct liam -- correct curve -- correctly m -- curriculum barriers in education -- if we address these effectively, it needs to be more of a policy focus for us as we go forward. i also think more than with increases the need to talk about new regulatory paradigms'. this is something i will defer to link about. he referred to the new democrat network about how the internet ecosystem looks completely different than anything we have seen in traditional telecommunications. it begs for a new regulatory approach that recognizes the ecosystem consists of networks and applications and devices. consumer interests are at stake as far as how all three of those are developed and managed. >> spending most of my time focused on internet technology policy issues, i look at trends. and some of trying to predict what new technology may be coming up in the short term or long term, i thought i would focus on a couple of friends i think are important in the te

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, and the history of white people. later, the ambassador to the u.s.s.r. on mikhail's role. and from the virginia festival of the books, rebecca skloot. find the entire schedule on booktv.org. >> if you have a process where it takes years to get an answer, and you are bogged down in the courts, which is what is threatening the industry now, that is not a good answer for anyone, and certainly does not make the agency affected. former congressman on calling for the federal government to take a fresh look at communications policy. monday night. "washington journal" continues. host: jonathan is our border with the dailycaller. congress is in recess right now. what they doing back in their districts? what is the agenda when they return? guest: many people think that members of congress are lazy and always taking vacations, but when you work in washington they're working pretty hard at home over the brakes. they are doing all kinds of events in their districts, at least most of them. town halls, meetings, county fairs, or breakfasts. they're usually pretty busy at home, getting a feel for what constitu

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member of that team is here. we stole her from the state of virginia. she is the principal deputy asked cms. we added tony from the state of arizona, running the health strategy systems. he will come the head of the new center for medicare. we have of -- we have an administrator focused on fraud and abuse. these are all new positions that will help us have a much more robust innovation and quality strategy, and enhanced effort on cracking down on fraud, and helping us deal with the medicare challenges the bill as presented, moving medicare to a much more value-purchasing operation with its $400 billion plus we spend every year. we have an opportunity to change the delivery system and i think a pretty significant way to the benefit of beneficiaries in consumers across the country. >> many of the questions today are about the future of health care reform. we are always looking ahead. this is been a bruising political battle over the last several months. there was obamacare and the death panels and late-night votes and procedural controversies. "i am concerned by the widening gap between r

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. there are little things. when the state of virginia put its driver's license process online -- and this is a great thing. you do not have to go to the dmv to stand in line anymore. i spent most of my time working in new jersey and new york. you can go on line and see all of your property tax things for your car and home. it is terrific. it makes doing business with the government's so much easier. government can encourage adoption by doing those things and using the tools are available. the broadband plan focuses on that -- using it in education and conserve the energy, using it to improve our transportation system, accusing it in order to improve the delivery of health care services. the government's role in encouraging the use of this technology and updating government is a terrific thing. government can also play a role if the private sector is not reaching some of the citizens. it can try to make sure that those citizens are reached. i do not think anybody suggests it is wise to keep them out of this system or offline soda speak. we do not want a digital divide. traditionally, we have had univ

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, virginia. and i gladly took that job, having no other alternatives. in march of that year, senator dole, having been elected majority leader the price or your, spend his weekends campaigning for others. -- majority leader the prior year. he needed someone available on weekends, would work seven days a week. i had the added advantage of being from kansas. i was asked to go on the campaign trail and went to michigan early in 1986. we hit it off. we had a personal relationship. i proceeded to travel with him a round of the united states and abroad for the next 15 years. during that period, i had a number of roles, all of which work for his campaign committees. i worked as his personal aide or the body boy in his 1988 presidential campaign. in 1989, i came to kansas in managed his senate field office. in 1992, i managed his final reelection campaign to the senate. following that, i helped to manage as a national political action committee. i was living in kansas. prior to the 1994 campaign, that was the end of the road. i did not seek for their campaigns in kansas or nationally. -- did not

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